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Latest Fortnite Update for Android Brings New Features and Improvements, Plus A New Game Mode

Not long ago, Fortnite arrived Android and is already receiving necessary updates and improvements. As you know, the game was released on Android for a limited number of smartphones models, while its performance on most handsets disappointed some gamers, especially those with mid-range smartphones. Epic Games, the developer of the legendary Fortnite: Battle Royale title, has just announced a new Fortnite update for Android that includes better support for smartphones but also new enhancements and features.

Just recently the company announced the series of improvements and bug fixes the new Fortnite update for Android brings. Specifically, we have a total of 10 new features and 11 bug fixes present in the new Fortnite v5.20 version recently published by the company on its official website.

What’s new in the latest Fortnite update for Android?

Among the new features in the recently released Fortnite update for Android, there are the following:

  • Voice chat added;
  • Extended support for Essential-PH, Motorola, HTC and Sony Xperia devices;
  • Better optimization in Android devices with Adreno GPU;
  • The status bars, player toolbar, and squad bar can now be moved;
  • Custom HUD design;
  • Drag and drop function for items from the Quick Access Bar;
  • The options of entering and changing seats in a vehicle will now be displayed differently;

Additionally, Epic Games also announced some bug fixes for the new version. According to the devs, the update addresses screen resolution problems, issues that occurred when switching weapons, among others.

Additional to bug fixes and new features, Fortnite update for Android, but also that one for the iOS, includes a new event, which had been announced days before. Called High Stakes, the new event will consist of a new game mode called Getaway. You can read more about this new High Stakes event with its Getaway game mode in Fortnite update for Android here.

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Vidmate Vs. Instube – The Battle Between The Best Video Downloaders for Android

Anytime we get bored we pull our smartphone out of the pocket and play games, check out our favorite social network, listen to some music, or watch some videos. But, sometimes, is difficult to rely on mobile data or WiFi to get access to the Internet, especially when traveling abroad a lot and we’re on roaming which can increase the costs significantly. Luckily, we have the so-called video downloaders, and we can use those to download both videos and music whenever we want. Among the best video downloaders for Android, there are Vidmate and Instube. Let’s see which one’s better.

Vidmate Vs. Instube – Which is the best video downloaders for Android

Vidmate video downloader for Android

Vidmate is increasingly more popular with millions of users from every corner of the world having the app installed on their Android devices. Vidmate permits users to download videos or only audio tracks whenever they want and at what quality they desire from sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Facebook, LiveLeak, Instagram, and many others, as well.

The app’s interface is straightforward to use, and the Vidmate video downloader is fast and stable and has a built-in multimedia player, video search engine, and browser to ease up the whole process of downloading videos.

 Instube for Android

Similar to Vidmate, Instube is another excellent app for downloading videos from the Internet, but it comes with something unique. The app has some unique security features that are designed to maintain the privacy of the users and help them browse for videos safely.

Additionally, Instube creates a locked folder inside the smartphone’s internal storage where users can import/export videos and soundtracks without having to worry about viruses or bugs. While it scores lower at downloading speeds, as well as in popularity, compared to Vidmate, Instube video downloader remains one great app when it comes to downloading videos.

Which is better between Vidmate and Instube?

Is not an easy task to state which is better between Vidmate and Instube. They both are among the best video downloaders for Android, but Vidmate is older and already created a positive image in the people’s minds. You can choose which one you want because they are both excellent apps, but, personally, I’d go with Vidmate.

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Crypto News

Cryptocurrency Exchange Platforms Legalized in Uzbekistan by a Presidential Decree

With a Presidential Decree, Uzbekistan has legalized the cryptocurrency exchange platforms nationally. However, the crypto trading platforms in Uzbekistan will have a new licensing regime and will be regulated by the same guidelines as the traditional securities and exchanges.

The decree signed by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Uzbekistan, emphasizes that the trade of cryptocurrency across Uzbekistan is only allowed under special licenses that will be supervised by the National Agency for the Management of Projects, an organism that is under the jurisdiction of the national government.

Each cryptocurrency exchange platforms in Uzbekistan must have an authorized capital of 30 thousand minimum salaries at the moment of submitting the licensing application. It must also set aside 20,000 minimum wages in a national bank account as additional funds for possible losses.

Uzbekistan legalized cryptocurrency exchange platforms nationwide and also debated crypto mining

Regarding security, the crypto trading platforms are obliged to use an encryption system set up in Uzbekistan, which reinforces the security of user passwords and the storage of assets. In addition to that, to operate, international crypto companies will have to own a local subsidiary, legally recognizable under the name of “crypto exchange.”

The platforms will also have to publish their updated exchange rates according to the supply and demand of the market, and for around five years they will have to safeguard all the information of the clients, of the transactions and even of the received correspondence. In this sense, these will be subject to the regulatory acts of the securities industry and traditional exchanges in preventing criminal activities and terrorist financing.

Besides legalizing cryptocurrency exchange platforms, the government recognized cryptocurrencies as a “set of registries” that had an added value and an owner. Also, the crypto mining industry was discussed by the government of Uzbekistan, and although it was not a widely debated topic, it is known that the state energy subsidiary, Uzbekgidroenergo, would be in charge for releasing electricity plans for mining.

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Crypto News

Bitcoin (BTC) Payments Reached 4,000 Merchants Via CoinGate and Lightning Network

The payment gateway CoinGate announced the launch of a platform that will allow transactions through Lightning Network (LN), facilitating Bitcoin (BTC) payments to about 4,000 merchants. The information was released on September 5th on the CoinGate blog and explains that Bitcoin (BTC) payments on the Lightning Network debuted in San Francisco, United States, during the TechCrunch Disrupt 2018 event.

The purpose is to allow payment with minuscule fees and obtain instant confirmations, according to the company statement, adding that it sought to reduce technical barriers for merchants while allowing users to enable or disable Lightning Network with the push of a button.

“Since LN (Lightning Network) has yet to undergo a full live usage test, CoinGate had to ensure that transactions were secure and, if an error occurred, the company was ready to cover its customers’ losses. However, during the 8-week trial, the system did not experience any significant errors and was ready to maintain high volumes,” stated CoinGate.

CoinGate launched the first Bitcoin (BTC) payments processing platform to adopt Lightning Network

CoinGate had shown a broad interest in collaborating with the development of Lightning Network since May 2018 when it had already enabled a tool for its users to test the network. Since then, the possibility of launching the system has been evaluated, and now it becomes one of the first Bitcoin (BTC) payments processing platforms to adopt this technology and manage one of the more than 2,000 LN nodes.

With this initiative, the Lithuanian-based company, CoinGate, claimed to be looking for innovative ways to solve Bitcoin (BTC) scalability problem, to which Lightning Network has been seen as a good option.

Despite a Diar study, published last June, that argued that Lightning Network is not as effective at routing payments as it is believed, other companies follow the same line of action as CoinGate. One of them, the BTCPay application, is enabling the possibility of running a Lightning Network node and perform transactions with Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC).

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News Tech

Facebook And Twitter Debated The False Accounts and Fake News Topics Before the US Senate

The role of social networks in US elections continues to be scrutinized by the US Senate. After Mark Zuckerberg, now Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, and Sheryl Sandberg, number two at Facebook, were heard on September 5th regarding the foreign interference on these social networks in the perspective of the US elections.

“We are not proud,” said Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO. “We were not prepared and equipped for the immensity of the problems we discovered,” he added.

“We hope you can help us better understand how Twitter decides when to suspend or ban a user from the service, and what you do to ensure that such decisions are made without undue bias,” said Greg Walden, the President of the Commission, at the opening ceremony.

According to Jack Dorsey, Twitter failed to fight “abuse, harassment, troll armies, and bots propaganda.”

“We have been too slow to act,” also said Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook.

Facebook and Twitter reassured the US Senate that the measures against fake news and false accounts are still in place

In short, thousands of fake accounts leading hostile campaigns against Hillary Clinton had suddenly been shut down on Twitter and Facebook. That raised questions about Russia’s role in this matter, while, on the other side, Russia categorically denies this accusation.

Additionally, the US President Donald Trump blames Twitter and Facebook for ejecting conservative media from the social network, media that would be favorable to him.

“We do not take into account political views or party affiliation in the application of our policies and procedures,” said Jack Dorsey. “Impartiality is our guiding principle,” he added.

The renowned conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was recently banned on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, came before the US Senate to express his dissatisfaction on this matter.

This hearing comes in the view of the mid-term elections scheduled for next November, while Facebook and Twitter wanted to reassure us that thousands of foreign accounts broadcasting fake news were reportedly deleted from these platforms.

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